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TIBET, DARFUR PROTESTS NOT SCARING OFF OLYMPICS ADVERTISERS Tuesday, April 8 2008 
NBC
chief
Jeff
Zucker
said
Monday
that
Olympics
advertisers
have
shown
"no
discomfort"
over
growing
political
protests
connected
with
China's
human-rights
record
regarding
Tibet
and
Darfur.
In
an
interview
with
Reuters,
Zucker
that
that
ad
prices
for
the
Olympics
have
been
"incredibly
strong."
His
remarks
came
on
the
same
day
that
Sen.
Hillary
Clinton
called
for
a
boycott
of
the
Olympics
opening
ceremonies.
Presumably
no
U.S.
ad
buyer
has
agreed
to
join
the
boycott.
The
(more)FAMED CHINESE DIRECTOR LATEST TO CRITICIZE SPIELBERG'S OLYMPICS EXIT Tuesday, March 4 2008 
Zhang
Yimou,
arguably
China's
leading
film
director,
has
called
Steven
Spielberg's
decision
to
quit
his
post
as
an
artistic
adviser
to
the
Beijing
Olympics
"very
regrettable."
Spielberg
linked
his
decision
to
withdraw
from
the
Olympics'
production
team
to
China's
relationship
with
Sudan,
whose
war
against
dissident
factions
has
reportedly
led
to
the
deaths
of
hundreds
of
thousands.
Spielberg's
decision
was
also
criticized
by
Olympic
gold
medalist
(badminton)
Ge
Fei,
now
a
member
of
the
Chinese
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Television networks around the world (including the U.S.'s NBC) who have been licensed to cover the Beijing Olympics are complaining about foot-dragging by Chinese officials in granting necessary permits for everything from freight shipments to camera placements, the Associated Press reported Monday. The wire service quoted from minutes of a meeting between network producers and the Beijing and International Olympic Committee organizers last month in which IOC official Gilbert Felli accused Chinese officials of imposing conditions "that are just not workable." In its report, the AP commented: "The minutes hint that procedures broadcasters have used in other Olympics are conflicting with China's authoritarian government. Some plans are months behind schedule, which could force broadcasters to compromise coverage plans." AP's own television unit, APTN, is among a number of non-rights-holding news organizations that have also complained about rigid Chinese restrictions. APTN News Director Sandy MacIntyre complained, "We are two weeks away from putting equipment on a shipment and we have no clearance to operate, or to enter the country or a frequency allocation."
